Implementation
Reference Bank
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P. L. Porter
, United States.
Industry: Automotive
Sales: $25,000,000
TOC Applications: DBR
Brief
Summary: WIP is down 800,000 dollars and profit margins are up. Did
not have to spend millions of dollars changing entire MRP system
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Grand Rapids Spring & Wire Products, Inc.
, United States.
Industry: Automotive
Sales: $12,000,000
TOC Applications: DBR
Brief
Summary: On-time deliveries have improved from a dismal 60% to 95%;
inventories have decreased 30% while sales have doubled; cost of quality
has dropped from 6% to less than 3.5%
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Fluid Technology Corporation
Division: Marlow Division
, United States.
Industry: Other
Sales: $2,000,000
TOC Applications: DBR
Brief
Summary: On-time delivery was at 75%, despite finished goods on 40
models and a lead time of 6 weeks on 29 others. On-time delivery is at
98% (most pumps beat the paperwork to the dock); shipments are up 30%
since going to 2 day delivery; Finished goods has been eliminated and
WIP is down 22%. Time to implement was approximately 8 weeks.
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Ford Motor Company
Division: Electronics Division
, United States.
Industry: Automotive
Sales: $3,000,000,000
TOC Applications: DBR
Brief
Summary: Used TOC to improve on major gains made with JIT between 1988
and 1991, reducing lead times by an additional 60-80% and improving
on-time to 98%; eliminated need for two expensive plants saving
approximately 100 million dollars; reduced quality defects by 50%;
improved investment effciency by 20% and on-time delivery by 38%
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Federal Mogul Corporation
Division: Chassis Products Operation
, United States.
Industry: Automotive
TOC Applications: DBR ,TP applications
Brief
Summary: TOC credited with saving the plant by helping achieve
impressive turnaround - increased earnings 140%; throughput up 20%;
operating expenses down 11% and production lead times down from 90 days
to a range from 3 to 15 days.
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Stanley Furniture
, United States.
Industry: Other
TOC Applications: DBR
Brief
Summary: Lead times dropped from 10 weeks to 4 weeks, resulting in an
inventory reduction of over 2 million dollars. Most orders are now
shipped from production, not finished goods. Went from a shortage of
buggies to hold material to an excess of 200 buggies.
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Binney & Smith
Division: Crayola Crayons
, United States.
Industry: Other
TOC Applications: DBR
Brief
Summary: In less than a year, cycle times were reduced 70 to 80%; WIP
inventory reduced over 80%, run sizes reduced 70 to 80% and setup
reduced 30 to 60%
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Monster Cable
, United States.
Industry: Other
Sales: $20,000,000
TOC Applications: DBR ,TP applications
Brief
Summary: Used to take 10 days from order receipt to shipping, today it
is done in a few hours. TOC being applied to all areas -customer
service, credit and sales force
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| 9. |
Warren Featherbone Company
, United States.
Industry: Textiles & Apparel
TOC Applications: DBR ,Distribution
Brief
Summary: Major improvements in entire supply chain - Warren
Featherbone improved margins by nearly 20%, while improving turns from
2.5 to 4.5. Mercantile's retail store experienced gross margin increase
of 135% and store space decreased 50%
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Mercantile Stores
, United States.
Industry: Other
Sales: $2,400,000,000
TOC Applications: Distribution ,TP applications
Brief
Summary: Improvements in supply partners as well - creating win-win.
Mercantile's retail store experienced gross margin increase of 135% and
store space decreased 50%, while Warren Featherbone improved margins by
nearly 20%, while improving turns from 2.5 to 4.5
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